New quantitative electrochemiluminescence method (ECLIA) for interleukin-6 (IL-6) measurement

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-838

  Prieto, Belén ^a   Miguel, Diego ^a   Costa, Marta ^a   Coto, Daniel ^a   Alvarez, Francisco V ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cord blood IL 6; Interleukin 6 (IL 6); Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPSIS;

EID: 77953221763     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.153     Document Type: Article

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